Pilot report, galley fire and smoke, emergency landing in ewr.

Attributes
ACN	443189
Time
Date	199907
Day	Fri
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : n90.tracon
State Reference	NY
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : n90.tracon
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Medium Large Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	descent : approach
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 17500 flight time type : 400
ASRS Report	443189
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical cabin event : galley fire other anomaly
Independent Detector	other other : cab3
Resolutory Action	flight crew : landed as precaution flight crew : landed in emergency condition flight crew : declared emergency
Consequence	other
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Cabin Crew Human Performance Company Aircraft
Primary Problem	Aircraft

Narrative:

A flight attendant noticed fire and smoke in forward galley oven. The fire was extinguished with cabin halon extinguisher. The captain declared an emergency with approach control. We flew directly to the airport and landed without incident. Evacuate/evacuation was not necessary.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: PLT RPT, GALLEY FIRE AND SMOKE, EMER LNDG IN EWR.

Narrative: A FLT ATTENDANT NOTICED FIRE AND SMOKE IN FORWARD GALLEY OVEN. THE FIRE WAS EXTINGUISHED WITH CABIN HALON EXTINGUISHER. THE CAPT DECLARED AN EMER WITH APCH CTL. WE FLEW DIRECTLY TO THE ARPT AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. EVAC WAS NOT NECESSARY.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.